Amazon.com is selling Uranium Ore

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XXM

by abhishekdelta • 13 years ago

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anupshinde• 13 years ago

"I bought this to power a home-made submarine" :P

mumbi• 13 years ago

I'm really enjoying the comments.

cylinder• 13 years ago

What is the most interesting thing I could do with this?

Osmium• 13 years ago

Wouldn't use uranium, because as another poster mentions it's more a novelty and there are better materials you could use, but you could make your own cloud chamber to observe radioactive decay with the naked eye. Makes for a really cool science demonstration :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewTySxfTQk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_chamber

ryusage• 13 years ago

Test your geiger counter, it sounds like. I think that's about it.

nyarlathotep2• 13 years ago

Make a hardware RNG that's truly random by detecting the interval between decay events :)

telephonetemp• 13 years ago

detecting the interval between decay events

How do you do that?

ChuckMcM2• 13 years ago

There isn't a whole lot you can do with it, you are basically getting a rock. You can show it is radioactive by running a geiger counter across it. Interestingly enough the old rare earth mine in Nevada, back when it was closed and essentially "abandoned" had a variety of radioactive materials in its tailings (the most common being Thorium) we did a science trip once to grab some and figure out the various isotopes in it.

If you put it in an air tight container you can collect Radon.

aray• 13 years ago

It's so low-radioactivity that it's license exempt. The warning labels are just for novelty.

You probably have a more radioactive americium source in each of your smoke detectors than in that entire jar.

ultimatedelman• 13 years ago

Might I recommend you also add a banana slicer to your cart?

http://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EI...

koichi• 13 years ago

The reviews are where the real fun is at.

sergiotapia• 13 years ago

And now I'm probably on some watch list.

zdw• 13 years ago

If you really want to get on the NSA's list, pick up this Thermite Kit:

http://www.skylighter.com/mall/product-details.asp?id=2540

ChuckMcM2• 13 years ago

That is great stuff! :-)

ImprovedSilence• 13 years ago

I mean, it's just rocks from the ground right? "Radioactive Ore Sample (NORM) Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials"

amazon comments are gold though.

swamp40• 13 years ago

Here's another classic. A 55 gallon drum full of personal lubricant: http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant-...

coryfklein• 13 years ago

I just love how it's categorized under "Occupational Health & Safety Products."

Does this mean I can list my chloroform under the "Cosmetics" category too?

Amazon.com is selling Uranium Ore

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